A deal has been agreed for convicted rapist Ched Evans to play for Oldham Athletic, the club’s sponsors say. They have been told to prepare for an announcement confirming the signing of striker Evans on Thursday or Friday, the BBC has learned. One sponsor, Verlin Rainwater Solutions, has now ended its association with the club [...]

7 January 2015 Last updated at 12:45 Inflation in the eurozone has turned negative, official figures have shown, with prices in December 0.2% lower than the same month a year earlier. The tip into deflation adds pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to take further action to stimulate the bloc’s economy. The bank’s inflation [...]

7 January 2015 Last updated at 16:51 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Video uploaded to YouTube shows the attackers fleeing after shooting a police officer Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack. Four of the magazine’s [...]